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About Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1905-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1909)
Iff y o u L lk o TH E LEADER B o o s t fo r It- I f r\o t. S e n d y o u r C r itic is m to t h i s P s p o r . PU BLISH ED SE M I-W E E K L Y B O H E M IA â t ë & T L K A D ,:m J— COTTAGE » »• ■»«« Novelties in S I N G L E D RESS P A T T E R N S giving assurance of exclusiveness. Prices ranging from $2.75 to $16.00 Showerproof Foulards in Popular Shades for Spring C H p U R E L IN E N T A I L O R E D W A I S T S at o c n Silk Waists in wanted colors. Panama and Mohair Skirts in Black, Tan, Brown, and N avy from $3.25 to $15.00 See our N ice Line of M EN’S FINE SUITS Hampton Bros. & Co. W h e r e C a s h B e a t s C re d it . CONTRACT LET FOR ANOTHER MODERN COTTAGE GROVE HOME O. M. Ketn, oue of the proprie tors of Cottage Grove electric light and power plant, who recently pu r chased a beautiful, sitely two acre tract on W all street between the Comer and Reese residence proper ties, has aw arded a contract for a commodious, modern one and a half story cottage hom e 30x42 feet in dimensions, not including porches. T he contract for the foundation and carpenter work was aw arded to W ill H art; the plum bing to Dave Allison and the pain tin g to R. W. W aters. Work will begin on this new hom e for Mr. Kem just as soon as m aterials can be secured and placed on the ground. Mr. Kem has already had a well drilled and cased up several feet into l>edrock and has secured a good flow of clear, pure w ater with which he will supply a large tank by m eans of an electric pum p, to be used principally for irrigating purposes. T he lot will be graded nicely and the premises will be transform ed into one of ig , igog. PROCEEDINGS OF IRE CLUB CONFERS LATE LAMENTED SPECIAL WITH FOREST LEGISLATIVE SESSION SOPERVISOR Has been selected to meet the ideas of many customers and w e have se cured a w ide range of Colors, Styles and Values. High G R O V E , O R E G O N , F R ID A Y , M A R C H the prettiest homes in the town. Mr. Kem an d his neighbors will also clean the drift an d brush from Silk Creek aud clear the channel which will prevent an overflow at times of freshets. Mr. Kem is not only investing m uch capital in the improvement of the light an d power plant in this city, but is p u ttin g m oney into a uice home, w hich indicates th at he has faith in the to w n ’s future progress and prosperity. Seeks Heavy Damages Capitol, Salem, U r., March H>. ! with subjects of the gravest public — T h e special session of the legis jconcern, throw ing aw ay money lature called together by G overnor 1 an d acting generally in a way to Ilensou to re-enact the bill appro ! m ake socialists out of every m an priating $.340,000 for im provem ents contem plating the performance, to state institutions, adjourned to j Not even thè normal school night after a two d a y s’ session. I proposition caused such a row in Save to accom plish th e end for house at th is sjiecial session as was which it was called, the special stirred up this m orning over S. B session did p ractically nothing. 8 by W ood regulating the hunting F riends of the norm al schools of ducks. .Vs the bill cam e to the w hich failed to secure an y appro house, it allowed 50 ducks to be priation at th e reg u lar session, killed by one person in seven co n m ade strenuous efforts to secure secutive days. T h e o|>en season one from the special session, but in Clatsop, C olum bia and M ultno m ah counties w as fixed from Sep their efforts cam e to naught- T h e resolution introduced yester tem ber 1 to Ja n u ary 15, while the day in the senate endorsing former season in th e tipper W illamette Senator C harles VV. Fulton for the counties did not begin until O cto position of United States district ber 15. judge recently created by congress, SP E C IA I. S E S S IO N COSTS $ 7 5 0 0 . died in the com m ittee. T h e com II. B. 8, Bones, which appropri m ittee acted favorably on th e reso ated $0000 for the expense of the lution b ut was unable, it is stated, sjiecial session, was returned from to secure sufficient assurances th a t the senate this m orning, am ended the resolution would be adopted to m ake th e am ount $7500. T he an d w ithheld their report, fearing house concurred in the am endm ent th at possible defeat m ight prejudice by unanim ous vote. Mr. Fulton. T h e senate finished For w hat good they have done all its work M onday n ig h t, but the the state in special legislative ses house required until 8:45 tonight sion, the members of the house of to bring its session to an end. representatives will collect an ag SOMK O F T H E E R R O R S C O R R E C T E D . T he house passed S. B. 7 by Oliver, correcting an error in the bill appropriating $15,000 for the Eastern Oregon experim ent station so as to perm it the products of the farm to be used tow ard its m ain te nance. T h e house passed th e following corrective bills: S. B. 10, W ood— P rohibiting the use of flashlights on lakes by sportsm en. S. B. 11, W ood— R elating ‘o the k illin g of elk. T h e senate am endm ent to F a r rell’s bill as to doors on public buildings w as concurred in. n o iS T E R o r s CONDUCT. T h e session today in the house was chiefly notable for th e fre quency of outbursts of disorder. Metnliers w alked around the cham ber, carry in g on conversa tions in tones so loud as to prevent the transaction of business, aud only because th e doors were locked were mem bers k ep t from going home. W hen recess w as taken at supper tim e, Speaker M cArthur felt it necessary to call the roll and pledge the word of honor of each m em ber th a t he would return for the night session. gregate am o u n t of $2569. W ith a few minor alterations, the report of the com mittee on salaries au d m ileage was adopted this m o rning, as w as th a t o f the com mittee on clerical hire in the am ount of $1.30, no pay being allowed for overtime. T his m akes a total of $2699 ex- jienne incurred by the house in special session. O nly one memlier, Speaker Mc A rthur, refused tfcr receive his m ile age, accepting $10' ns salary for two d ay s' service. A ltm an drew attention to an error by which he was allowed 50 cents less th an was lawfully com ing to him. T h e am ount was, therefore, increased from $28 to $28.50. H atteb u rg introduced 11. B. No. 5 yesterday m orning, providing th at mem bers should receive only the actu al expense incurred by them in attending the special ses sion. T his resolution w as prom pt ly shunted into com mittee an d late yesterday afternoon was killed with unanim ity. T he am ount a l lowed IIatjeb u rg in per diem and m ileage w as $10.50: he accepted it. T h e largest amount received by any representative is $154.50, paid Booke of H arney an d M alheur. Rusk of Union and W allaw a, was a close second with $1.37.10, while M cKinney of Baker, drew $1.31.70. T h e representatives receiving am ounts varying from $60 to $112 were: Barrett, liedillion, Belknap, Jackson, Mahoney, M ann, M ari ner, Miller Muncy. P urdiu. Rich ardson and Smith. T his expense to the state, w hich does not include the senate budget, was incurred solely in correcting errors of the regular session for w hich the legislators them selves were responsible. GROCERIES You are getting New, Fresh Stock of the best standard brands. Cash Paid for Wool and Mohair IN SHOES W e can fit any foot and give you Style, comfort and durability. Cottage Grove Mercantile Co. N O . 4g TRAIN WIFE NOT STOP AI COTTAGE GROVE DEPOT A meeting of the C ottage Grove Upon learning th at the second | letters received. Southern Oregon Com mercial Club legislative com Southern Pacific Demonstration traiu is covering ground not before m ittee was held in the club rooms train would soon visit Southern covered. Tim e is lim ited to few W ednesday, at which m eeting days th at Dr. W ithycom be and his Oregon tow ns com m encing at l'o iest Supervisor S. C. Bartrum of staff in charge of dem onstration Roseburg, was present by special Drain and m ak in g stops at all traiu can spare from their work at invitation, with whom the com towns between th at place and A sh college. Second dem onstration at m ittee was desirous of con (erring land, the citizens of Cottage G rove Cottage Grove would be looked an d ta k in g up the m atter of the petitioned th e couipanv to m ake upon by other W illam ette valley l>erinnueut establishm ent of the its first stop at this place, but re cities as discrim ination. These proposed N esm ith couuty bound- ceived the following very co u rte and other reasons have occasioned ary lines through the forest reserve ous. fair aud reasonable excuse lim iting shedule to Rogue aud in the eastern part of Lane and for declining to comply with our Umpqua valleys. If your people D ouglas counties, and it is u nder wishes: will look at m atter from this stand stood the Com mercial Club co u r CO M M ENDS c o r I'A ltK G R O V E 'S E N point think they will be satisfied T E R P R IS E . m ittee received alt the in formation we are w orking along proper lines. desired on this subject from Mr. Portland, M arch 18th—S. 1‘. Cottage G rove spirit is to be com- Bartrum , preparatory to d raftin g Agent, Cottage G rove—Say to mended aud interest m anifested in their initiative petitions for the Messrs C. C. H azleton M erchants our farm ing dem onstration train purpose of subm itting the pro Protective Association au d F . II. work gratifying. posed creation of N esm ith county Rosenberg Com mercial Club, their C. A. M a l b o e u f . from a portion of South Lane and N orth Douglas, to a vote of the ' EUGENE BOY people at the general election in PREHISTORIC CITY IS 1910. T his new county proposi DISCOVERED IN DESERT COMMITS SUICIDE tion is to be put before the jieople in a clear and concise m anner with Los. Angeles, C alif., M arch 16. E ugene, O r., M arch 16.— M ark ju st as good, if not better, pros — In the San Jacin to m ountains, D. Rolfe, a high school student pects for success, th an was afford near the edge of the Coachella v al an d prom inent socially in the ed Hood River at the last general ley B. P. Bond of Long Beach, h as younger set of this city, sou of E u election. It is a just an d w orthy just made C alifo rn ia’s most im gene S. Rolfe, a well know n ca p cause an d should aud will succeed. portant archaeological discovery, italist, is believed to tie the suicide an d one th at will be of world wide in the G rand C entral hotel, New interest. W hile ram bling up from Vork, N. Y. whose death M onday, “UNWRITTEN LAW” his desert land claim he found the occurred by shooting. EXONERATES POWELL ruins of a prehistoric city c o n tain Im m ediately on being inform ed ing from 700 to 1000 well-preserved by T h e Journal correspondent th a t A lbany March 17—T h c c o u tiu u stone houses. Evidences of well- the New York suicide wore a h a t atiou of the Powell trial W ednes paved streets, strange earthenw are purchased at E u geue w ith th e day m orning w as taken up with of fine type scattered about au d initials “ Mi 1). R .” on th e band, argum ents ol the attorneys on I Kith the geueral aspect of the place Mr. Rolfe com m enced an investi sides, the evidence having all been shows th a t it was no m ean com gation by telegraph. C onvinced presented the day before. m unity, but savored of civiliza th at the suicide is his sou, he left Mrs. M. K. Thom pson and h u s tio u . for New York on th e noon train band, o f Pilot Rock, Oregon, testi Bond arrived here today and today. fied regarding the elnjieinent with after conferring witli Charles F D isappointm ent in love is Roper, and C. L. Moller a hotel Luminis and other scientists, a r ascribed as young Rolfe’s motive, clerk of Pendleton, introduced a ranged to place accurate inform a au d is partially confirm ed by his hotel register where- Roper and tion concerning his rem arkable father, though the la tte r is ex- Miss Powell had registered as "Roy find before the Sm ithsonian Iusti- j trem ely reticent. Prior to his de- G ore an d w ife.’’ A num ber of tute. He already has assu ra n c e 1 p artu re Rolfe had been paying at- the leading citizens of Browns by wire that an im m ediate aud teulious to one of th e prom inent ville testified to Pow ell's good thorough investigation will be con young women of Eugene, who, it character. M arshal P ra n k Suod- ducted from W ashington and has is said, refused his offer of m ar grassof Cottage Grove told cf I Iomer !>een asked in the m eantim e not to riage. He left about six weeks R oper's bad record in th at place divulge the ex a ct location of the ago with $.300 au d told his parents before he cam e to Brownsville. A ruins lest relic hunters and others th at he intended to ta k e a trip num ber of letters from Roper to strip them of probable valuables. around the world. H e was 20 Leah Powell were placed in evi Me states the silent city lies w ithin years o ld . dence, and a letter from her to him 15 miles of Indio and not over five m ak in g an npiiouitmeiit at the miles from the old Los A ngeles- Kelly Buys Portland Lots. Yuma road. N eis party. D eputy District A ttorney Gale Portland < iregouiau: T hree lots S. H ill, led the argum ent for the Christian Church Services March 21. on K in g ’s H eights sold yesterday S tate, followed by J . R. W yatt Bible schiKtl 10 :i. in. Subject i for $27,500. T he sale was m ade an d J. J. H ew itt itt the defense, I h e ||,y j 1. u, W ilcox to George II. an d closd by J. N. M cNary for the of sermon at 11 a. in. Herald of the C h rist” — a character Kelly of the Booth-Kelly Lum ber S tate. studv. Christian E ndeavor 6:.30 Ju d g e Burnett then delivered the .. . I com pany, Mr. Kelly iuteuds to p. m. Sermon at /:.30 Cases of ch arg e to the jury, and ten m inutes | build a residence on the tract th a t before four o ’clock the jury, re Conversion: A C aptain and a 1 will be quite in keeping with the Ja ilo r.” Everyliody welcome. tired for deliberation. W. A. E i . k in s , pastor. I district. P O W X U A C Q U IT T E D . W. Iv. Sum m er of Eugene, whose eight-year-old dau ghter, Ilattie, was ru n over and killed by a street car at the corner of E ast T hirteenth an d A lder streets on the Kith day ot April 1908, has instituted suit in the circuit court S C E N E S O F D IS O R D E R . against the Portland, Eugene & W ith the norm al school situation E astern Railway Co. for dam ages up in the air an d several m easures in the sum of $7500 on acco u nt of aw aiting consideration after they are returned from the senate, the the killing of th e child. house took a recess of h alf an A lbany, O re., March 17.— hour at 1 o ’clock this afternoon, C harles J . Powell was acquitted thereby ending one of th e greatest tonight of the charge of m urder scenes of disorder ever know n in for k illin g Homer Roper near Oregon legislative history. Brownsville. Ja n u ary 28. The Not only did m any members ju ry w as out two and a half hours. confess them selves asham ed of Roper persisted in paying atten the perform ance of th e house as a tions to Pow ell's d au ghter after body, b ut even th e recess w hich at developm ents connected with the least tem porarily p ut an end to the association of the young iieople scene was not declared until a ONLY SIX SOLONS w hich. Powell contended, w arra n t phillipic had been delivered by PAY OWN FARES ed him in insisting th a t Roper Campbell, the C lackam as county leave the girl alone, and the shoot solon, in w hich he grilled th e coh- Salem, <>r., March 17— Mem- ing resulted. At the trial Powell duct of the m em bers w ithout liers of the legislature failed to m ade the unw ritten law the basis mercy. avail themselves of th e opportunity of his defense. CA M PI1K M , R O A STS H O U S E . to serve in the official session w ith “ T his house today is acting far out expense to the state; at least St. Patrick'» Entertainment worse th an it did during the regu only six of them did so—S enators lar sessio n ," he cried. “ T he A braham , Kay, K ellaher, F. J people are ask in g w hat is th e use Miller, Parrish and Speaker Me | St. V alentines Circle W. < *. W. gave a very enjoyable St. P a tric k ’s of a legislature anyhow , and we A rthur. The expenses of the] have nobody but ourselves to special session are ab o u t $7,5tl(>. entertainm ent aud banquet in their blam e. You people are fast d riv T he only new appropriation, aside lodge room in this city T uesday to ing th e state into socialism . As from this, is $500 for extinguishers the members of the Ciicle and m em bers of the house we are sent in the asylum . T he $.360,ooo ap W oodm en. A short literary and here to do certain things. We are propriation for improvements in m usical program was rendered aud show ing th a t after m ak in g a n u m state institutions is not considered a splendid banquet followed. The ber of blunders of the grossest new. decorations were appropriate and ch aracter we cannot even assemble Mileage in the Senate am ounts and correct them w ithout an e x h i to $1125.58, in the house, $2580.95. green sham rock and ribbon badges bition w hich o u g h t to m ake every Phone Main 6 4 3 — Our own Delivery. were m uch in evidence. Geueral m an here heartily asham ed of the Salaries in the Senate, $194; in the good time, of course. House, $.354, entire proceeding. We are trifling There is great satisfaction in know ing that when you buy VO L. XX. Hats Hats *s Hats Mens Hats Boys Hats f y The finest Line of High Grade Nifty Hats in the City at Popular Prices. WHEELERTHOMPSON CO.
